Week 2 - Monday

Monday saw the start of the electrical work.  Not really exciting in terms of having pictures so this will be a short post.

The new tub requires a dedicated circuit so the electricians had to run a new line from the box to the tub area where the air turbine will be located.  They installed the new recessed light for the shower, moved the switch to a new location and ran the wire for the new location for the combo light and vent.

The master bedroom was always an issue with not having good lighting.  There was only the light fixture on the ceiling fan which we were never happy with.  It just never did light up the entire room sufficiently.  We even bought a couple of lamps to put by the bed.  But we were just not happy.  So Andy suggested that we add some can lights in the recessed are of the ceiling and over the bed.  He asked for a quote on adding new can lights and, even though it was a bit expensive, we decided to go ahead.

They also installed those cans today and, boy, are we happy that we spent the money... well, we will spend it when the AWA is generated.

Two smaller can "pin lights" just above the pillows give us some great reading light.  We each control out own light independently with switches each side of the bed.  While they were running the wire, they added an additional outlet on Monica's side which is to the right in this picture.  This was a bit of a challenge to run the wires over to that corner.  They ended up having to cut a hole in the sheetrock to push the wire up into the attic from inside.  The sheetrockers will repair this hole and Andy will be painting this room in any case.

Four large can lights were added in the ceiling recess and beautifully lights up the entire room.  The ceiling fan light is redundant and, in fact, is no longer connected.  Andy will replace this fan with one that doesn't have a light fixture.  This one is fairly new and will be put in Anna and Courts' bedroom to replace the janky cheap one that was installed over 10 years ago.

The new lights in our bedroom was definitely the highlight of our day.

The framers will be here early on Tuesday to finish the bathroom framing and to frame the wall fir outs for the media room.  The plumber may also start working on adding the valves for the various shower components and give us an estimate on running the water line to Monica's ice maker.  Then more electrical work on Wed, primarily in the media room.

Andy will go to IKEA on Tues evening to order the counter top and pick up the rest of the cabinet and shelving materials.  Ceiling fans still need to be purchased and he needs to start working on the shades for the media room.  Still a lot to do but we are so happy that it is finally under way.

It's late and time for bed.  The framers are early birds and will be here at 7:30 am.  Based on our previous experience, they really mean 7:30am.